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Line, one nailed by a fool one's played (9)

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I believe the answer is:

accordion

'one's played' is the definition.

'line one nailed by a fool' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'cord' (cord is a kind of line).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'nailed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'fool' becomes 'con'.
'cord'+'i'='cordi'
'a'+'con'='acon'
'cordi' inserted within 'acon' is 'ACCORDION'.

(Other definitions for accordion that I've seen before include "Squeeze box" , "squeeze it while operating keys" , "Cad I croon about a musical instrument" , "Squeeze-box" , "It's played" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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